The Daily Grind by meadjix

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made by meadjix for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

The daily grind is a challenging puzzle game about creating "daily" life loops. It's composed of 3 levels of increasing difficultly and unique mechanics are introduced when you move up to the next level.

Any feedback is appreciated :)

Note that the leaderboard doesn't work in the web version. If you want to submit your score in the leaderboard, choose the PC version.

Playthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7wEo6rjZMk

Ratings

Overall 1073th 3.323⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1147th 3.048⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 965th 3.194⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Theme 886th 3.55⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Mood 859th 3.333⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Given 55🗳️ 29🗨️

Feedback

Wolfier
05. Oct 2020 · 23:55 UTC
Wow there's a lot of dead ends in the second level. I'm assuming the jump does something? but I couldn't figure it out. It doesn't look possible to pull off because you HAVE to have arrows in the intersections to turn the bus
🎤 meadjix
06. Oct 2020 · 00:09 UTC
Hey @wolfier, the second level is perfectly feasible, you can check how we've done it here: https://youtu.be/I7wEo6rjZMk?t=46 :)
Shaolin Dave
06. Oct 2020 · 00:51 UTC
i’ll play this when i get back to my computer, i like how detailed it looks.
Wolfier
06. Oct 2020 · 00:56 UTC
@meadjix I get it, the jump wasn't very clear in what it did cause i didn't know you could skip commands with it
diaonic
06. Oct 2020 · 00:59 UTC
Very cool game, nice job! Is there more than one solution for each level?
solmir2000
06. Oct 2020 · 01:10 UTC
@diaonic thanks for playing our game, there is at least a few solutions to all 3 levels, i've found two for each level.
Nbrowning5
06. Oct 2020 · 04:39 UTC
This game looks really good, and I love the controls
BeaverGames
06. Oct 2020 · 15:33 UTC
I like the game :) I had seen the concept of a daily life loop before, but I just didn't see creating any life loops before. gj
Nikos
06. Oct 2020 · 22:07 UTC
I like the main mechanic. The graphics are nice and the music always fits the atmosphere of the level. Great game!
Gabfou
07. Oct 2020 · 00:04 UTC
Nice game! Theme respected, and gameplay interesting i like the dungeon.
IndieRonin
07. Oct 2020 · 13:22 UTC
Very detailed models and fun game play, allot of work went into this one. Keep up the good work!
djayne
07. Oct 2020 · 21:55 UTC
Wow, how did you get this much work done in 3 days?? I was pretty blown away by the detail in the game and to be honest I was shocked when the farming level finished and it moved onto a completely different world! I would have struggled to finish the first level haha. Bravo.
solmir2000
08. Oct 2020 · 16:11 UTC
@djayne we didn't make the models so most of our time went into gameplay and level building still we were pretty short on time (no ending screen , no postprocesssing,...).
also we have a few jams of experience under our belt and we managed our time pretty well id say .

thanks for the review.
smbe19
08. Oct 2020 · 19:30 UTC
Interesting idea, but it was a bit cumbersome to input the solutions.
MikoziQ
09. Oct 2020 · 21:05 UTC
I honestly stopped at 2nd level because I couldn't grasp my head around the mayhem that was going on in the city hahahaha. Overall you guys have a solid foundation, just need better and more one-themed visual representation. :)
nsadie
10. Oct 2020 · 10:56 UTC
Pretty good application for the theme, I quite enjoyed the puzzles!
Rhoka
16. Oct 2020 · 07:44 UTC
Good job! Personally I think it would've been better to stick with one setting and build on concepts there. As it is it kind of feels like 3 separate ideas. Also more interim levels would be good where you teach a new function to players in a controlled environment where you know they have to use it and they will learn it. I honestly gave up in the third level because the scope increased so much and you added a quite complex function without any tutorialization. But I know how jams go and tutorials tend to be one of those things you put off until the end. We've learned over several jams that tutorializing is best done as you go so you have something to build on. Anyway, good job!